The Independent Not So 'Independent'

The Independent voices the views of an IRI supporter, an IRI slave, who betrays the fabric of human rights and freedom. Who is the slave that chooses the money of the IRI criminals, over the moral fibre of integrity and justice? Who sooner shakes the bloodied hand of the IRI than to embrace the hand of the many martyred Nedas in Iran? Daruis Guppy, of course.

"To suggest that two undeniably devout men, Ayatollah Khamenei and Mr Ahmadi-Nejad, should have engaged in such an un-Islamic conspiracy as cheating their own people (unnecessary, since the consensus of the opinion polls put Mr Ahmadi Nejad comfortably ahead) constitutes possibly the most serious allegation that one could level against them"

'Undeniably devout men'; that is a correct assertion - devoted to offending the laws that seek to protect human rights, such as the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; The Convention on the Rights of the Child; and even their own domestic legislation (not to mention the constant violation of Shia Islamic jurisprudence).

Guppy speaks of 'hand-in-hand evidence', yet he fails to recognise the violations of the principles of evidential requirement, and the right to a fair trial perpetrated by the IRI government he holds so close to his bosom.

He further lectures on democracy, yet what does he and his IRI comrades know about the virtues of democracy? Their idea of democracy is that one may have any government candidate in Iran, so long as he is a Shia Muslim, who recognises the principles and tenets of the Islamic revolution (Article 67 of the IRI Constitution).

"For we look with horror at your anarchy and what you have become. Visit Iran and you will see a people polite, hospitable, cultured, noble and brave. Look at Britain's urban hell and you will see young girls and boys armed with knives, swearing, half naked, vomiting the previous night's attempt to stifle their pain and their emptiness. Turn on the radio and listen to laddettes boasting about what they did with their boyfriends in bed the day before, but tune in to Iran's airwaves and you will hear poetry and beautiful music"

And what occurs in Iran? Minors sentenced to death, breaching the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Allegedly, these children committed murder, and so are paying the ultimate price. If such allegations are in fact correct, then the assertion that the UK has 'young girls and boys armed with knives' is irrelevant and meaningless, for it appears to be worse in Iran. Pot calling the kettle black?

Guppy further criticises Western literature and pop culture, boasting about Hafez, yet he fails to reveal that the IRI government he so fervently supports has their own literature, such as Ayatollah Khomeini's 'Tahrirolvasyleh' 4 edn, Qom, page 12:

"A man can have sexual pleasure from a child as young as a baby, but he must not penetrate"

Bravo Guppy, well argued. How can one compete with such literature belonging to the IRI?

Guppy further drones, mixing conspiracy theories, politics and religion. All of which are neither here nor there when one directs their attention to the fact that Iran has the second worst human rights record in the world; first place was awarded to China, which has a far larger population in comparison.

One may argue that the Independent is merely illustrating the types of backwards and hypocritical thinking that exists today; however, it can also be argued that publishing Guppy's absurdities can only serve to damage the credibility and reputation of the Independent.